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The Handbook of Japanese Linguitsics
Edited by Natsuko Tsujimura, Indiana University
Written by an international assembly of distinguished linguists, The
Handbook of Japanese Linguistics brings together the fundamental areas
of linguistic inquiry into the Japanese language. These include major
theoretical developments in phonology and syntax as well as interface
areas involving syntax, semantics and morphology. The volume also
explores important topics such as psycholinguistic research, ranging
from first language acquisition to sentence processing, as well as
discourse analysis and sociological aspects of the Japanese
language. Each chapter contains an overview of the topic, current
concerns, and future directions. This handbook is ideal for those who
are familiar with the topic at the basic level and wish to investigate
it in more detail, but can also be used as a language-specific and
typological reference.
Contents:
Notes on Contributors.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
1. Accent: Shosuke Haraguchi (University of Tsukuba).
2. Mora and Syllable: Haruo Kubozono (Kobe University).
3. The Phonological Lexicon: Junko It� and Armin Mester (both University of
California at Santa Cruz).
4. Variationist Sociolinguistics: Junko Hibiya (Keio University).
5. Scrambling: Naoko Nemoto (Mt Holyoke College).
6. Reflexives: Takako Aikawa (Microsoft).
7. Passives: Hiroto Hoshi (School of Oriental and African Studies).
8. Causatives: Shigeru Miyagawa (MIT).
9. Quantification and wh-Constructions: Taisuke Nishigauchi (Kobe Shoin
Women's University).
10. Word Formation: Taro Kageyama (Kwansei Gakuin University).
11. Tense and Aspect: Toshiyuki Ogihara (University of Washington).
12. Lexical Semantics: Natsuko Tsujimura (Indiana University).
13. First Language Acquisition: Yukio Otsu (Keio University).
14. Sentence Processing: Mineharu Nakayama (Ohio State University).
15. Discourse Analysis and Pragmatics: Senko Maynard (Rutgers University).
16. Sociolinguistics: Honorifics and Gender Differences: Sachiko Ide and
Megumi Yoshida (Japan Women's University).
Bibliography.
Index.
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